So am I! We should form a club of grumpy gentlemen. I don't know why, either-- It's a beautiful day outside (crazy for January in Toronto) and yet I don't want to engage with anyone. Aside from the Internet. And my music collection. Are you grumpy about anything specific/shareable?

He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
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He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.John Stuart Mill

So am I! We should form a club of grumpy gentlemen. I don't know why, either-- It's a beautiful day outside (crazy for January in Toronto) and yet I don't want to engage with anyone. Aside from the Internet. And my music collection. Are you grumpy about anything specific/shareable?

I'll join. Wait! Do I have to be a gentleman?
I'm grumpy about: chronic pain, unemployment, being in debt, poverty, taxes, traffic congestion, my new health insurance company, all the people turned into zombies by their smart phones, and the Utah Jazz lost again.

He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.John Stuart Mill

daverupa wrote:I'm on day 17 of a sickness; it began with the flu, and as that died off a cold arose, made worse by the horrible inversion in Salt Lake City of late. This morning sees me coming out of the woods. Maybe I'll get the flu shot next time.

Luckily, given the holidays, the end result is only about three days taken off of work, and since there were ample sick days saved up there shouldn't be any problems... but, the boss and one or two cow-orkers are probably going to be resentful for a while, so the work environment is going to be fairly stressful going forward, for a time at least.

Livelihood is such a bugbear...

Sorry to hear about your flu. Zap your boss with some metta, so that he/she will be less resentful. I've been similarly prone to illnesses, AFTER my Northern Winter flu jab. It must have over-primed my immune system...